ID help please!

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Is this Mitriformis ssp Comptonii? If not, what is it?
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Agave
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".

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Humblest apologies. Fixed now. Looks like comptonii, hey?
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Looks like my comptonii.
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johnbecker wrote:Humblest apologies. Fixed now. Looks like comptonii, hey?
Much better, thank you.
Agave
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".

"Some talk the talk, others walk the walk, but I stalk the stalk"
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Let the record show I utterly support the campaign for well shot plant photos.
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Sure looks like you got the ID right.
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